Sometimes defenders kick me without the ball and I don’t say anything and no one sees.
My compatriot Diego Godin is one of the best defenders in the world, good enough to play for any team in any league.
The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted – be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging.
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
Two of the chief defenders of the faith in the Old Testament and in the New – Moses and Paul – were both well-versed in the language, the thinking, and the philosophy of their cultures.
The defenders can be clever and use everything within the laws of the game to stop the strikers scoring goals and, while some pulling is allowed, you need to be clever.
The manager might like it sometimes when I play up front because I can cause trouble for the defenders, but for me, my best position is defensive midfield, stopping the opposition, and then looking to impose myself on a game.
Detroit has a history of a lot of great rebounders and big guys that have been great defenders. So for me to pick up where they left off and continue that trend, of being a gritty, tough big man is pretty cool.
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
Since my early days, I’ve been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.
As a winger, you want to get at defenders and make it hard for them. Instead of them going forwards, they have to defend against you.
From the smallest misdemeanor up to the biggest crime, everyone is brought before a judge. And that means there’s a huge backlog in the American legal system. There are prosecutors and public defenders and judges who are trying to keep their head above water in the tide of this bureaucracy and red tape.
Having caught up with a myth like Sivori is something I will treasure forever. I am proud. He used to entertain and bamboozle defenders with his exceptional technique.
I know what it means to play for a big club. Big clubs, it’s like that: if you win, everything is good. If you lose, it’s your fault, especially defenders and goalkeepers.
Iran’s continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran’s leaders.
As a striker, you are playing against big defenders. They try to throw you around. I try to play in behind them, and I need power. I know that I have to go to the gym and train. I train all the time.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won’t surprise me.
‘Defenders’ seems to have a really gritty, hard, uncomplicated vibe about it. Somehow, we made everything sound stronger and more precise than on ‘Screaming Vengeance’ through Tom Allom’s amazing mixing skills.
The Scottish game is not easy – far from it.You don’t have so much time on the ball. There are aggressive defenders but it is good. Every opponent likes to mark closely so it is not so easy to score. In Germany there was more space to run into other areas of the pitch.
You have some defenders who don’t like you and you don’t like them. And you know from the first minute, they’re going to do everything to take you out of the game.
Every time Luis Suarez is close, he pushes defenders around.
Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.
The defenders, they get all psyched up to play against me. I know it means a lot to them if they can keep me from scoring.
You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself.
How can you not score goals in Barca! While defenders have trouble dealing with Messi, Villa and Bojan, they forgot about me.
For ideas to prevail, many of their defenders have to die in obscurity. Their anonymous influence makes itself felt.
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way.
When counterterrorist policies are used to suppress peaceful protests and legitimate opposition movements, shut down debate, target human rights defenders, or stigmatize minorities, they fail, and we all lose. Indeed, such responses may cause further resentment and instability and contribute to radicalization.
I realised when I was a striker that when I ended up wide on the left or right, it can be so much easier to get space and face defenders up.
I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don’t know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.
Defending is not only done by the defenders, just as attacking is not only down to the forwards.
For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.
Of course the defenders are trying to be physical with me. They look at me, 7-3, skinny, they try to be physical.
First of all, I am and I remain a goalkeeper, but I try to be involved as much as I can and to help the defenders. I try to read dangerous situations in advance.
You don’t need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.
I feel like I can be one of the top defenders in the league and that’s what I’m going to try to be.
Well I grew up following most of the major titles like ‘Fantastic Four,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Avengers,’ etc. But I had also a lot of love for the smaller titles like ‘Master of Kung Fu,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘The Defenders,’ ‘Inhumans,’ and of course Power-Man and Iron Fist.’
LGBT people are some of the bravest and most potent change agents and leaders I have encountered, and the most forceful defenders of the vulnerable and voiceless, because they know what it’s like to be there.
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